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in Korea's political crisis. Now, top business leaders are being implicated.

Hosts read letters from listeners.

The White House has released an internal 1993 memo that portrays Hillary Rodham Clinton as the force behind the firing of travel office employees at the start of the administration. Administration officials had told investigators that Mrs. Clinton played no role in the firings. NPR's Jon Greenberg reports that a White House spokesman says the memo adds nothing new to the public record.

Commentator Paul Durrenberger talks about our fascination with predicting the stock market.

NPR'S DAVID WELNA REPORTS ON THE MAJOR WEATHER PROBLEMS AFFECTING MONARCH BUTTERFLIES THIS YEAR IN THE MEXICAN WINTERING PLACE.

NPR's Mark Roberts reports on how the shutdown has begun to affect state governments that fulfill federal obligations like unemployment insurance. Private contractors who serve federal government clients are also in trouble. And many federal workers, such as scientists working on long-term projects, can't just pick up where they left off.

Year's Eve performance by the Sarajevo Philharmonic earlier this week. Throughout the Bosnian conflict, the Sarajevo Philharmonic has performed continuously, offering a sort of musical therapy for people enduring years of war.

Music critic Charles de Ledesma reviews a new three CD set called "Outernational Metldown." Since the policy of aaprtheid ended in South Africa, the indigenous music of the townships and squatter camps has become less ghettoized, and now is being heard by a more internationasl audience. A team of musicians from London went to the new South Africa and teamed up with many local musicians famous only in their native lands. They recorded a series of sessions, now featured on these three CDs, just now released in the United States. STATIONS NOTE: "Outernational Meltdown" is produced by B&W Music; for information, call Scott Taves at 312-880-5375.

about millionaire John DuPont's alleged shooting of Olympic gold medalist Dave Schultz.

NPR's Deborah Wang reports from Nepal on elephant polo, sport of the adventure-travel elite. In this year's International Elephant Polo Championships, the American team continued its dubious record as annual last-place finishers.